Extra Player Selection

Player Selection and Tryouts

PLAYER SELECTION

Players will be selected after participation in a series of tryouts. Tryouts will
be conducted over several weeks starting in April. Additional tryouts may be held in
the summer for players who were unavailable for the first round of tryouts. Tryouts
will be competitive and should be viewed by parents as being the same as club soccer
tryouts. There are likely to be a series of cuts through which the number of players
trying out for a particular team is reduced in several stages until the final roster
is determined.

Tryouts will consist of game like situations and will be organized by professional
trainers who are qualified to work with AYSO.

Coaches will assist in tryouts and player selection but will not have the final
say about player selections for Extra teams.

Upon completion of the tryouts the Region 76 Extra selection group will select the
Extra teams.

Players who are not selected will of course have the option of participating in
the AYSO core program and will be encouraged to do so. The core program will still
provide post season play opportunities with all star and tournament teams. Parents
are encouraged to remain positive with their kids, even if they don’t get selected
for Extra.

TEAMS

There will be one Extra team per age group per gender for the 2011/2012 season.
This number may increase in future seasons.

# of Players per Team:

U10- 10 players per team

U11- 12 players per team

U12- 12 players per team

U13- 15 players per team

U14- 15 players per team

Each team may have up to 3 alternates. This will be decided on a team by team basis.
See following paragraph.

ALTERNATES

Alternates selected by Extra teams in each age division will be placed on teams
in the AYSO core program. They will play games and practice with their core teams. They
will play on their Extra team when and if the coach of the Extra team decides it is
necessary.

Alternates are encouraged to attend Extra practices if possible, but they
must give priority to core team practices. An alternate player who does not have a
satisfactory attendance record for his or her core team may have alternate status
revoked.

A player may choose not to participate in Extra as an alternate and can just participate in the
core program if he or she so chooses.

MOVE-UPS

A “Move-up” in AYSO occurs when a player who is age eligible for a division is given
permission by Region 76 to play “up” a division with older children. This typically occurs
when a child with a birthday that occurs after the July 31st age determination date wishes
to play “up” in the next highest division with his or her classmates.

Move-ups in the Extra program will be considered on a case by case basis. Allowing a
player to “move-up” will be determined by the Region 76 Board or those designated by
the Region 76 Board to make the decision. By its very nature, the decision to allow a
child to move up or not is subjective. Therefore, Region 76 will utilize the expertise
of its most experienced coaches in making this decision for any child whose parents wish
to have play up a division. The decision will be made solely by the Region 76 board or
those members of the board appointed by our Regional Commissioner to make the decision.
Once a decision has been made, it will not be subject to appeal

EXAMPLE: A boy who turns 10 in November of his 5th grade year may wish to play U11 so that
he can play with his classmates who are several months older than him. Technically, due
to his age, he would be placed in U10.

Players who wish to play up and try out for an Extra team will be subjected to the same
tryout process as the older players. Please be aware that it may work better for your child
to have him or her play in the younger age group even though other players in the same grade
are playing in the older one (and may increase your child's chances of being selected
to an Extra team.

CLUB PLAYERS

Your child will be selected on the basis that he or she will not participate in a Club program
while playing in the Extra Fall season, because the two programs require such high
levels of commitment that a player on both a Club and an Extra team probably cannot satisfy his or
her obligations to both teams. A player who joins a Club after being selected to participate on an
Extra team should expect to lose his or her place on the Extra team. Exceptions may be made with the
consent of the Regional Commissioner, which will be granted only in rare and unusual circumstances.

Participation in both the Extra Program during the Extra Spring season and on a Club team will be
decided on a case by case basis, but is highly unlikely. The consent of the Extra Program coordinator or the Regional
Commissioner will still be required before a Club player may be permitted to participate on an
Extra team during the Extra Spring season.